[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43229-43230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18113]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0094]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved
information collection.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for
renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by September 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2010-0094 by any of the following methods:
Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
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Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nicholas, (202) 366-2317, Office
of Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight
Laws.
OMB Control Number: 2125-00034.
Background: Title 23, U.S.C. 141, requires each State, the District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification that they
are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid highways and
that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent with Federal
requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of Federal
highway trust funds. Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary to
require States to file such information as is necessary to verify that
their certifications are accurate. To determine whether States are
adequately enforcing their size and weight limits, each must submit an
updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits to the FHWA at
the beginning of each fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, they
must submit their certifications and sufficient information to verify
that their enforcement goals established in the plan have been met.
Failure of a State to file a certification, adequately enforce its size
and weight laws and enforce weight laws on the Interstate System that
are consistent with Federal requirements, could result in a specified
reduction of its Federal highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal
year. In addition, section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat.2689, 2701) requires each
jurisdiction to inventory (1) its penalties for violation of its size
and weight laws, and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and
overweight permits.
Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or
equivalent) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Frequency: Twice annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each response will take
approximately 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,160 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the U.S. DOT's performance,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the U.S. DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden
could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: July 20, 2010.
Judith Kane,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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